Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Greene

Municipality: Freeport township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                        7,893

Household (median)                                               13,750

Family (median)                                                  23,000

  Married couple families (mean)                                 25,038

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          16,162





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                            27.4

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                65.2

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            33.3

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                            34.2

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                35.3

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            38.9

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                 45.1





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                  3

  Elementary or High School                                          51

  College                                                            10



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              34.0

  High school grad (%)                                             66.0

  College grad (%)                                                  9.9





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                     97

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           11.3

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 24.7

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                         19.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                22.6

  Mean Income                                                     7,487

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                45.2

  Mean Income                                                    26,261

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            32.1

  Mean Income                                                    33,496

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                     43

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                   16.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     16

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    2.3





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   23.7

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           20.6

  Service (%)                                                       4.1

  Farming (%)                                                       6.2

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             22.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.7





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996